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Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup
A real mixed bag of things in my news this week. Among the posts we have some research from Microsoft about IoT, attacks on the software/code supply chain, cyber criminals threatened and even a cyber criminal caught. The second Reith Lecture also features this week and there is a conspiracy theory to go with that…
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Online shopping advice over on Smart Thinking – make sure you stay safe
Clive has written a piece on Smart Thinking Solutions (our specialist cybersecurity, governance and compliance site), full of advice for you if you are shopping online this Christmas or in the New Year Sale – which will probably start on Boxing Day!
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Keep it secret, keep it safe!
Encryption is a huge part of the modern world, it exists in almost every corner of computing and many of the processes we rely on daily simply would not function without it. Put simply, it is a way of rendering information to be incomprehensible to all but the desired recipient(s). Data exists on a fundamental…
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We do cover Christmas and New Year IT and cyber security calls
Although we all have time off over Christmas and the New Year – the nature of the work we carry out for clients means that we never really stop. Computers and IT infrastructure can have issues any time of the night or day and cyber security incidents are unpredictable. I used to go out and…
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Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup
Highlights from this week are the Reith Lectures by Professor Stuart Russell, examining AI and it’s possible future impact on humanity. The first episode got me thinking and I am looking forward to the rest of the lectures. There are also several articles looking at the UK’s Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI) and…
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Are you annoyed about shopping coupons in Edge? Then turn them off!
With Christmas round the corner I have been spending time on various shopping sites, where Edge was constantly suggesting useless discount coupons to me. Worse then that, poor coding meant that the pop-up box suggesting coupons would often appear blank, just obscuring the web page I was wanting to read. How to disable Microsoft Edge…
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Malware is on the rise!
At this time of year the cyber criminals become a lot more active, it is their chance to get more money from unsuspecting consumers. I have seen a lot more email slipping through the cracks, as the bad actors manipulate their malicious messages to avoid detection. Over the last few days I have seen email…
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Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup
A variety of stories this week but probably one of the most important things is the news about the UK Governments IoT security law – The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Bill. A government minister is quoted that it is putting up a firewall for consumers – I am pretty certain it is not…
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Zakupy przez internet – kilka zasad, które musisz znać
Black Friday (Czarny Piątek) zostal zapoczątkowany w USA, ale od około 2010 roku nabiera rozpędu również w Wielkiej Brytanii. W tym roku, przypada w piątek 26 listopada, ale wielu sprzedawców, jak już napewno się przekonałeś zaczęło kusic świetnymi ofertami od początku listopada. Więc, czy napewno Black Friday czy być może powinniśmy nazwać go Czarnym Listopadem…
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Biznes w dobie nieskończonych zmian
Wraz z szybką ewolucją technologiczną i postępujacą globalizacją, nawet na długo przed pandemią COVID-u, znaleźliśmy się w dobie postępujących i nieskończonych zmian. Dawno temu Heraklitus, Grecki filozof wypowiedział swoje słynne słowa: “zmiana jest jedyną stałą.” Zmiana wiąże się z wyborem, i czy ją zaakceptujemy, czy odrzycimy i pozostaniemy w tyle zależy od nas samych.…
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The 2021 Geek’s Christmas Present List
So it is coming round to the Christmas holiday season so that means I get another opportunity to bring you my Geek’s Christmas Present List. If you have a geek in your life these suggestions hopefully will give you some ideas what to get them for their stockings… If you are a geek then forward…
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Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup
This is a weekly round-up of the articles from Smart Thinking Solutions, our specialist cybersecurity, governance and compliance web site.
